How stress can make you behave
If you feel stressed, it might make you:
Find it hard to make decisions
Unable to concentrate
Unable to remember things, or make your memory feel slower than usual
Constantly worry or have feelings of dread
Snap at people
Bite your nails
Pick at or itch your skin
Grind your teeth or clench your jaw
Experience sexual problems, such as losing interest in sex or being unable to enjoy sex
Eat too much or too little
Smoke, use recreational drugs or drink alcohol more than you usually would
Restless, like you can’t sit still
Cry or feel tearful
Spend or shop too much
Not exercise as much as you usually would, or exercise too much
Withdraw from people around you
